http://www.sportblogman.com Another interesting blog about sports Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:22:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mike Mussina entered this season almost an afterthought in the Yankees’ rotation, the old man on a staff of budding stars. What a difference four months makes. Mussina walked off the Yankee Stadium mound Wednesday to rousing “Mooose!” calls from the sold-out crowd, having thrown eight economical innings in New York’s ... http://www.sportblogman.com/2008/07/24/mussina-leads-yanks-to-10th-straight-home-win/ Turkey’s bid to beat Germany and reach the final of Euro 2008 is in danger of being wrecked by injuries and suspensions. The Turkish team which faces Germany in the semi-final at St Jakob Park on Wednesday (7:45 British time) will be very different from the one that beat Croatia on ... http://www.sportblogman.com/2008/06/24/absences-threaten-turkey%e2%80%99s-euro-dreams/ Well, it finally happened. The nonsense with Cristiano Ronaldo has reached the point where it is reminiscent of a serialized television drama, and a rather predictable one at that. Picture the key players: Ronaldo, the young, desirable hero; Manchester United, the woman who currently has him; Real Madrid, the woman ... http://www.sportblogman.com/2008/06/24/the-cristiano-ronaldo-drama-continues/ Sluman fired a dazzling 8-under-par 64 Sunday to win the Bank of America Championship by two strokes - his first victory on the Champions Tour. Playing in his first full season on the elder circuit, Sluman overhauled second-round leader Loren Roberts by carding eight birdies in his bogey-free round to finish ... http://www.sportblogman.com/2008/06/23/sluman-wins-bank-of-america/ Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska continued her solid season Saturday by defeating Russia’s Nadia Petrova in the final at the International Women’s Open. The 19-year-old Radwanska, the fourth-seed here, posted a 6-4, 6-7 (9-11), 6-4 victory over the eighth-seeded Petrova to claim her third title of the year and fourth overall. Radwanska ... http://www.sportblogman.com/2008/06/22/radwanska-captures-eastbourne-title/ The last time Yann Sauve listened for his name to be called in a draft, his wait was nowhere near as long as this. Sauve, a former first-overall pick in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, had to wait well into the second round of the NHL draft Saturday before the ... http://www.sportblogman.com/2008/06/21/former-first-pick-in-the-qmjhl/ A fast-moving thunderstorm didn’t dampen the Fenway Park fans’ spirit for the NBA champion Boston Celtics on Friday night. Honored during a brief pregame ceremony as heavy rain was falling, the NBA champs—atop three duck boats—entered from center-field and circled Fenway to a standing ovation, a shortened scene from their parade ... http://www.sportblogman.com/2008/06/20/red-sox-honor-nba-champion-celtics/ Although the Lakers’ season ended with a thud, they have Andrew Bynum coming back and youth and Kobe Bryant on their side, so they can say “Wait ‘til next year” and be taken seriously. Since Shaquille O’Neal left town with three championship rings following the 2003-2004 season, Los Angeles has been ... http://www.sportblogman.com/2008/06/18/bynum%e2%80%99s-return-should-make-lakers-stronger/ Surely there is something more than just rumour afoot regarding the future of Cristiano Ronaldo. As the rumours continue unabated, and with Ronaldo himself refusing to quell the stories linking him to Real Madrid, speculation inevitably grows and it is still a distinct possibility that the brilliant Portugese striker/winger will ... http://www.sportblogman.com/2008/05/15/ronaldo-will-he-stay-or-will-he-go/ The greatest shot in the history of Kansas basketball can be traced, of all places, to Alaska. Mario Chalmers used to hide behind the couch until his mother, Almarie, sang the national anthem. Then he’d waddle around the corner and onto the “court” he’d constructed on the living room floor of ... http://www.sportblogman.com/2008/04/08/mario-chalmers-shot/